Information Sys Engineer 4
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior API Gateway engineer & Middleware Administrator with 10-12 years of experience to architect, develop, and manage our API gateway and enterprise middleware infrastructure. This role combines strong demonstrated hands-on development expertise in Lua and Python with deep operational knowledge of Kong API Gateway and enterprise middleware platforms.
Job Requirements
As a key member of our Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for:
- Developing custom Kong plugins using Lua/Python to implement complex business logic, security policies, and integrations
- Administering Kong Gateway infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability
- Managing enterprise middleware platforms including Oracle Fusion, NGINX, and application servers
- Building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated deployment of Kong plugins and middleware components
- Architecting API and integration solutions that power our microservices ecosystem
The ideal candidate is a technical expert who thrives at the intersection of development and operations, possesses strong coding skills in Lua and Python, has proven experience managing enterprise middleware at scale, and brings a DevOps mindset to automate and optimize platform operations.
MUST HAVE SKILLS
1. Kong Plugin Development (2+ years) - MANDATORY
- Strong demonstrated experience in custom Kong plugin development using Lua, Python and Kong PDK
- Strong demonstrated experience in Kong lifecycle management
- Authentication, authorization, transformation, traffic control, and logging plugins
- Plugin testing, debugging, optimization, versioning, and deployment
2. Kong Administration (2+ years) - MANDATORY
- Kong Gateway installation, configuration, and administration
- Architecture, clustering, HA, and load balancing
- Kong Admin API, and best practices
- Service/route/upstream/consumer/plugin management
- Performance tuning, SSL/TLS management, upgrades, monitoring
3. Development (3+ years) - MANDATORY
- Strong demonstrated experience in Lua, Python, Kong SDK and Java
- Microservices, async programming (asyncio), and database connectivity
- Message queue integration (RabbitMQ, Kafka), and Azure SDK
- Middleware automation, ETL scripts, and monitoring solutions
- Testing and code quality
4. Middleware Administration (2+ years) - MANDATORY
App/Web Servers:
- Tomcat/Nginx/IIS/JBoss: Installation, configuration, deployment, tuning, and load balancing
5. CI/CD Pipeline Development (3+ years) - Preferred
- CI/CD pipelines for Kong plugins and middleware
- Automated build/test/deployment, multi-environment strategies
- Quality gates, security scanning, deployment strategies
Education
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